John Marty

Monday Motivation - Overcoming Fear: This is a cinematic motivational video about overcoming fear to reach your dream. Don't ever let anyone's self limiting beliefs, or criticism stop you from going after your dreams. Put your head down, ignore the haters, and start taking action.

In this video, I'll share my perspective as an Amazon employee on how I answer the question "Tell me about yourself." My approach is non-traditional, but can be very effective at kickstarting a quality 2-way dialog. Often times the job description is written by the recruiter and not the person that will become your boss. This creates a disconnect between what your eventual boss is looking for and what you actually applied for. My approach is simple, non-traditional, and effective. It starts with a 90 second intro, that includes a brief summary of my education, followed by two accomplishments I am most proud of. Next, I ask a single question to uncover the key problem the hiring manager is looking to solve. This approach get's your soon to be boss more engaged, allows them to tell you specifically what they are facing, and turns what would have been a 1 way conversation into a consulting session where you control the pace.

In this video I'll share 8 things I noticed and then changed during a real life resume writing exercise. These tips can be used by anyone looking to stand out. The inspiration from this video came from a quora post I did that received 45,000 views. In my post, I shared my opinion that resumes should always be one page.

In this video I'll talk about why it's important to celebrate and appreciate small victories. It can be intimidating to start taking action towards a big dream or goal, especially because we compare ourselves to those who have already reached the top. We often don't realize that if we just start, we'll grow, and when we grow, new opportunities will come our way. Always point towards your goal, but spend 95% of your time focusing just a few steps ahead, and celebrate each small victory along your journey.

There's a lot of chatter about building a personal brand, but most people are thinking about it the wrong way. In this video, I'll break down how to think about personal branding the right way in 2018.